Contrite
Contrite adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.
Heavyhearted and contrite are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Heavyhearted" instead an adjective "Contrite".
Nearby Words: contrition, contritely
Heavyhearted
Heavyhearted adjective - Feeling unhappiness.
Contrite and heavyhearted are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contrite" instead an adjective "Heavyhearted".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- low and contrite
- low and heavyhearted
- down and contrite
- down and heavyhearted
- melancholy and contrite
- melancholy and heavyhearted
- woeful and contrite
- woeful and heavyhearted
- downcast and contrite
- downcast and heavyhearted
- dejected and contrite
- dejected and heavyhearted
- depressed and contrite
- depressed and heavyhearted
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Heavyhearted and Contrite. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/contrite/heavyhearted
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